Trans-Axles

Ok i was woundering whats the best transaxle for the manual belt drive tractors like mtd/agway/craftsman/murray/ect? i know theres a few different ones.

I've had best performance from newer Peerless 5 and 6 speeds, factory equipped with 80W90 and sealed. 1995 and newer roughly. The older Peerless 5-spds are quite tough, they have the boxy case. Spicer and Foote transaxles that I've had work decent but tend to wear out or blow up much quicker. The very old 3-spd Peerless transaxles are also tough but alot harder to work on.

yea i got the 5spd in my mtd my friend has the 3spd and my parts agway has the 7spd side shift

You should look on the top case of the 5spd to see what kind it is

i will tomarrow i plan on pulling rear soon to change the pulley for some more speed, cause 1,2,3 is dead slow 4th and 5th is ok but need more.

ok well got the rear end out tonight its a peerless 5spd i cant seem to find the model number? ill cet oics of it tomarrow.

i like my transaxle i like the outer bearings and the housing for the gears,but its harder to weld as i cant slip out the differential like Fearlessfronts
heres some pics of it.